North Dakota Says It Owns Long-Disputed Mineral Rights In Missouri Riverbed

(August 9, 2024, 1:08 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota, which is an intervenor defendant in a mineral rights dispute between Native American tribes and the U.S. government, has filed an answer in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia asking it to declare that title to the disputed Missouri Riverbed and underlying mineral interests is quieted in favor of the state....